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Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Great Britain at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United Kingdom
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Los Angeles
Competitors337 (229 men and 108 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearers Lucinda Green (opening)
Sebastian Coe (closing)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
11
Bronze
21
Total
37
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 337 competitors, 229 men and 108 women, took part in 190 events in 20 sports.[1]

The British team won a total of 37 medals, including five golds, this was Britain's largest total medal haul since 1920, and would not be surpassed until 2008, however this was due in part to the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Olympics, which meant that Eastern Bloc competitors were not present. Great Britain sent a reserve team to the Soviet organised Friendship Games, dubbed the "alternative Olympics" the same year.

Medallists

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Medals by discipline
Discipline Total
Athletics 3 7 6 16
Shooting 1 0 3 4
Rowing 1 0 0 1
Equestrian 0 2 1 3
Swimming 0 1 4 5
Judo 0 1 2 3
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Field hockey 0 0 1 1
Sailing 0 0 1 1
Weightlifting 0 0 1 1
Wrestling 0 0 1 1
Total 5 11 21 37
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Malcolm Cooper Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1 August
 Gold Richard Budgett
Martin Cross
Adrian Ellison
Andy Holmes
Steven Redgrave		 Rowing Men's coxed four 5 August
 Gold Tessa Sanderson Athletics Women's javelin throw 6 August
 Gold Daley Thompson Athletics Men's decathlon 9 August
 Gold Sebastian Coe Athletics Men's 1500 metres 11 August
 Silver Sarah Hardcastle Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 31 July
 Silver Diana Clapham
Virginia Holgate
Lucinda Prior-Palmer-Green
Ian Stark		 Equestrian Team eventing 3 August
 Silver Dave Ottley Athletics Men's javelin throw 5 August
 Silver Sebastian Coe Athletics Men's 800 metres 6 August
 Silver Mike McLeod Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 6 August
 Silver Tim Grubb
Steven Smith
John Whitaker
Michael Whitaker		 Equestrian Team jumping 7 August
 Silver Neil Adams Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August
 Silver Shirley Strong Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 10 August
 Silver Wendy Sly Athletics Women's 3000 metres 10 August
 Silver Kriss Akabusi
Todd Bennett
Phil Brown
Garry Cook		 Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 11 August
 Silver Steve Cram Athletics Men's 1500 metres 11 August
 Bronze Michael Sullivan Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 30 July
 Bronze Andrew Astbury
Neil Cochran
Paul Easter
Paul Howe		 Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 30 July
 Bronze June Croft Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 31 July
 Bronze Alister Allan Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 1 August
 Bronze Virginia Holgate Equestrian Individual eventing 3 August
 Bronze Barry Dagger Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 3 August
 Bronze Sarah Hardcastle Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 3 August
 Bronze Neil Cochran Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 4 August
 Bronze Keith Connor Athletics Men's triple jump 4 August
 Bronze Neil Eckersley Judo Men's 60 kg 4 August
 Bronze David Mercer Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 5 August
 Bronze Kathy Cook Athletics Women's 400 metres 6 August
 Bronze Fatima Whitbread Athletics Women's javelin throw 6 August
 Bronze Kerrith Brown Judo Men's 71 kg 6 August
 Bronze Peter Allam
Jonathan Richards		 Sailing Flying Dutchman 8 August
 Bronze Sue Hearnshaw Athletics Women's long jump 9 August
 Bronze Robert Wells Boxing Men's super heavyweight 9 August
 Bronze Noel Loban Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 9 August
 Bronze Great Britain men's national field hockey team
 Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August
 Bronze Beverley Callender
Kathy Cook
Simmone Jacobs
Heather Oakes		 Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 11 August
 Bronze Charlie Spedding Athletics Men's marathon 12 August

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In the fourth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, three men and three women represented the country. The women's scores were separated by only 10 points, as the three placed consecutively in the final ranking.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

  • Final — 10.27 (→ 5th place)
  • Final — 10.32 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat — 21.02
  • Quarterfinals — 20.55
  • Semifinals — 20.54
  • Final — 20.98 (→ 8th place)

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat — 45.64
  • Quarterfinals — 45.43
  • Semifinals — 45.69 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 46.26
  • Quarterfinals — 46.63 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 46.09
  • Quarterfinals — 45.51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:46.01
  • Semifinals — 13:28.60
  • Final — 13:11.50 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 13:46.16
  • Semifinals — 13:41.70
  • Final — 13:53.34 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 13:51.40
  • Semifinals — 13:28.44
  • Final — 14:16.61 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:24.92
  • Final — 28:06.22 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:15.22
  • Final — 28:28.08 (→ 8th place)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:31.13
  • Final — 28:31.73 (→ 12th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:09:58 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Final — 2:13:57 (→ 12th place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.21 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

  • Final — 16.87 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Final — 16.66 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 85.68 m
  • Final — 85.74 m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Qualification — 83.06 m
  • Final — 81.22 m (→ 7th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 73.04 m
  • Final — 72.62 m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 72.66 m
  • Final — 72.32 m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 71.80 m
  • Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying Round — 5.30 m
  • Final — 5.10 m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualifying Round — 5.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8797 points (→ Gold Medal)
  • Final Result — 7890 points (→ 11th place)
  • Final Result — 7485 points (→ 20th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:27:28 (→ 13th place)
  • Final — 1:28:53 (→ 19th place)
  • Final — 1:30:46 (→ 24th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 4:26:33 (→ 16th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:10.48
  • Final — 4:04.70 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 4:07.40
  • Final — 4:05.53 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 4:09.08
  • Final — 4:10.58 (→ 11th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8:58.66
  • Final — 8:39.47 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 8:44.62
  • Final — 8:48.80 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 8:44.62 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:28:54 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 2:32:48 (→ 11th place)
  • Final — 2:34:08 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 58.71
  • Semifinal — 56.67 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 57.64
  • Semifinal — 56.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90 m
  • Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.64 m
  • Final — 6.80 m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 56.00 m
  • Final — 62.58 m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 55.24 m
  • Final — 58.18 m (→ 7th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Final — 18.14 m (→ 4th place)
  • Final — 17.90 m (→ 6th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 61.58 m
  • Final — 69.56 m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 65.30 m
  • Final — 67.14 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 60.88 m
  • Final — 59.66 m (→ 9th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6280 points (→ 5th place)
  • Final Result — 6127 points (→ 8th place)

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sixteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1984.

Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit
Points race
Women's individual road race

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 592.68
  • Final — 609.51 (→ 5th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 521.61 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1984.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Field hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Great Britain – Kenya 2-1
  • Great Britain – Canada 3-1
  • Great Britain – New Zealand 1-0
  • Great Britain – Netherlands 4-3
  • Great Britain – Pakistan 0-0
  • Semi Finals
  • Great Britain – West Germany 0-1
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Great Britain – Australia 3-2 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Team roster

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1984.

Individual
Team
  • Richard Phelps
  • Michael Mumford
  • Stephen Sowerby

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's coxless pair

  • (→ 12th place)

Men's coxed pair

  • (→ 8th place)

Men's coxless four

  • (→ 9th place)

Men's coxed four

  • (→ Gold)

Men's eight

  • (→ 5th place)

Women's single scull

  • (→ 6th place)

Women's double scull

  • (→ 8th place)

Women's coxless pair

  • (→ 6th place)

Women's coxed four

  • (→ 7th place)

Women's eight

  • (→ 5th place)

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting

[edit]
Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming

[edit]
Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 51.68
  • B-Final — 51.48 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat — 51.83 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:51.80
  • B-Final — 1:51.70 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 1:52.01
  • B-Final — 1:53.02 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:58.41
  • B-Final — 3:58.14 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — 4:04.07 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:30.10 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
  • Heat — 15:57.79 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 58.50 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Heat — 1:00.08 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:05.58
  • B-Final — 2:05.72 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — 2:09.48 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:04.06
  • Final — 1:03.25 (→ 4th place)
  • Heat — 1:04.81
  • B-Final — 1:05.02 (→ 14th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:19.83
  • B-Final — 2:18.83 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 2:20.78
  • B-Final — 2:20.62 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 54.49
  • Final — 54.28 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 56.41 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:01.64
  • B-Final — 2:01.24 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat — 2:02.76
  • B-Final — 2:03.06 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:05.39
  • Final — 2:04.38 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 2:04.13
  • Final — 2:04.52 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:25.38
  • Final — 4:25.80 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 4:32.90
  • B-Final — 4:31.10 (→ 15th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:24.59
  • Final — 3:23.61 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:26.83
  • Final — 7:24.78 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:49.86
  • Final — 3:47.39 (→ 6th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 57.12
  • Final — 57.11 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 57.80
  • B-Final — 57.36 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.05
  • Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.44
  • B-Final — 2:04.90 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:11.55
  • Final — 4:10.27 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 4:15.51
  • Final — 4:11.49 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:35.87
  • Final — 8:32.60 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 8:58.09 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:03.61
  • Final — 1:04.16 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 1:05.03
  • B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:18.02
  • B-Final — 2:17.63 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 2:18.92
  • B-Final — 2:18.33 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:11.97
  • Final — 2.12.33 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 2:16.31
  • B-Final — 2:19.10 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:24.94
  • B-Final — 2:21.71 (→ 13th place)
  • Heat — 2:23.89
  • B-Final — 2:22.25 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:53.70
  • Final — 4:52.83 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 4:55.78
  • B-Final — 4:51.55 (→ 9th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:51.47
  • Final — 3:50.12 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 4:16.83
  • Final — 4:14.05 (→ 4th place)

Synchronized swimming

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Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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